Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 49

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 49 (P. Oxy. 49) is a letter concerning the emancipation of a slave, written in Greek. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The document was written on 28 October 100. It is housed in the library of Trinity College (Pap. E 1) in Dublin. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[1]

The measurements of the fragment are 186 by 70 mm. The letter was written by two bankers, both named Theon, to the agoranomi of Oxyrhynchus, requesting the freedom of a slave named Horion, for whom 10 drachmae of silver and 2 talents, 6,000 drachmae of copper had been paid.[2]